Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again